Month: February 2020

Categories Shows

On Contact: Fierce, loving resistance, with Lisa Fithian

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Chris Hedges talks to activist and author Lisa Fithian about fierce, loving resistance. Lisa has been at the center of some of the most important campaigns of the American resistance movement in the past four decades, including the March for Peace, Justice in Central America and South Africa, Justice for Janitors labor organizing campaign, the Battle of Seattle, Occupy Wall Street, Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Standing Rock, Ferguson, and most recently, the Extinction Rebellion climate justice protests. … Read More >On Contact: Fierce, loving resistance, with Lisa Fithian

Categories Asia & Pacific

From clothes to condoms: Coronavirus is threatening global consumption in ways you never knew were possible

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China’s status as the world’s manufacturing powerhouse means the coronavirus epidemic’s effects are being felt in some odd places. We’ve come to terms with no new iPhones, but weirder shortages could upend people’s daily lives. … Read More >From clothes to condoms: Coronavirus is threatening global consumption in ways you never knew were possible

Categories World

Chinese FM after Pompeo & Esper speeches: Replace ‘China’ with ‘US’, and maybe lies become facts?

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Beijing has issued a scathing rebuke of Mike Pompeo’s claim that China is involved in covert activities as part of its desire to obtain greater power, noting that the allegation might be true – if he were referring to Washington. … Read More >Chinese FM after Pompeo & Esper speeches: Replace ‘China’ with ‘US’, and maybe lies become facts?

Categories EU

‘Change course before it’s too late’: Lavrov calls on Europe to reject false notion of ‘Russian threat’ in Munich speech

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NATO’s eastward expansion and large-scale drills near Russian borders may lead to unpredictable consequences and it’s time for Europe to change course, Russia’s FM Sergey Lavrov told the Munich Security Conference. … Read More >‘Change course before it’s too late’: Lavrov calls on Europe to reject false notion of ‘Russian threat’ in Munich speech

Categories Middle East

US-led coalition military base ‘impacted’ after multiple rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone

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The US-led coalition has confirmed its base in Iraq was hit after the heavily fortified Green Zone came under rocket fire on Saturday night, with multiple blasts reported in the vicinity of the US Embassy. … Read More >US-led coalition military base ‘impacted’ after multiple rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone

Categories World

The Philippines Want the U.S. Out and They Are Not Alone

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The pawns of the Grand Chessboard are starting to move much more boldly – in an unpredicted by the punditry decision the Philippines have asked U.S. forces to leave their islands indefinitely. It was impossible to think even 10 or 15 years ago that a country as completely militarily helpless as the Philippines would dare to stand up to Uncle Sam, but now this has become a reality. … Read More >The Philippines Want the U.S. Out and They Are Not Alone

Categories USA

Can the World’s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War?

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February 15 marks the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending Iraq invasion were so massive that the New York Times called world public opinion “the second superpower.” But the U.S. invaded anyway. So what has become of the momentous hopes of that day? … Read More >Can the World’s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War?